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Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Word Game for the Classroom... Specially for ESL

Here are
two printable word games for the ESL classroom that help students improve their
understanding of parts of speech. It's a variation on classic close exercises,
except that students need to choose any word from a given part of speech. For example: It was a __________ (Adjective) day
outside. Students have such a great time while learning important skills -
without thinking too hard about it!

Aim: Recognizing Parts of Speech

Activity: Fill in the gap story completion

Level: Lower level to intermediate

Outline:

Write a few words up on the
board representing various parts of speech (i.e. noun, verb, adverb,
etc.). As a group, ask students to identify the part of speech for each
word. Write down those parts of speech as students identify them.

Pointing out the various
parts of speech recorded on the board, call on random students asking them
to offer other examples for the indicated part of speech.

Once students feel
comfortable with these various parts of speech, have students pair up.

Distribute
the worksheet, make sure to cut each sheet in quarters between the word
list and the story.

Ask
students to work together to fill in the word sheet. Once students have
filled in the word sheet, they should fill in the story. Go around the
room helping students with difficulty.

Variation:

In
order to teach specific vocabulary, provide a vocabulary list of target
words for each part of speech.

Do
the above introductory steps, but instead of writing just any word on the
board, make sure to use words from your target vocabulary list.

Ask
students to use the target vocabulary list when giving further examples
of each part of speech.

Instruct
students to complete the worksheet using words on the target vocabulary
list.

Explore
the use of word forms to further improve vocabulary expansion through
knowledge of parts of speech.

A Day in the Life ...Exercise

It was a __________ (Adjective) day in __________ (Month) and the __________
(Man's name) decided to __________ (Verb). As soon as he got to the __________
(Noun), he sat down and took out his __________ (Noun). He certainly hadn't
expected to be able to __________ (Verb), but was __________ (Adjective) for
the chance to do so. __________ (Verb ending in -ing), the time passed
__________ (Adverb) and before he knew it, it was time to go home. He gathered
his things and began to walk home. Unfortunately, it began to __________ (Verb
concerning the weather) so he decided to __________ (Verb of transportation
i.e. take a taxi, run, skip, etc.). While he was _________ (Verb of
transportation i.e. take a taxi, run, skip, etc. in the -ing form), he noticed
that he had forgotten to __________ (Verb). He __________ (Adverb of frequency)
forgot such things!

The World of Work - Exercise

I work in an / a _________ (noun) that _________ (verb) for _________
(noun). It's a _________ (adjective) job that requires me to _________ (verb)
every day. Some days, I can _________ (verb), but that's only on special
occasions. I _________ (verb) my position. It is full of opportunities to
_________ (verb) or _________ (verb). The _________ (noun) are often _________
(adjective), but it's a job so I won't complain! Some days customers want
_________ (verb), on other days my boss asks me to _________ (verb). It's
really _________ (adjective). Have you ever had to _________ (verb)? If so, I
hope you are happy.

Like this, you can keep the interest in your class alive, so Happy
Teaching Fellas!!!